Page 2 of 2The first time I went to Ethiopia I saw children who had been maimed or blinded by their parents because their only economic hope for survival was a child desperate enough to evoke pity in people like me who had money. Attempts to "do justice" will always founder unless we're able to remember that the ultimate enemy of humanity is not simply poverty or illiteracy or ill health; it is much worse than that and as apt to strike healthy, well-read, rich people as anyone.
This doesn't mean we need to pay more attention to the demonic. We must not give to the evil one too much attention, nor too little. In some stories—Star Wars and Les Misérables come to mind—the good guy and the bad buy get almost equal screen time.
Not in the Bible. There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one reference to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God's counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator.
Adapted from "Fighting the Good Fight," by John Ortberg, Leadership Journal. Click here to read the original article in its entirety and for reprint information.
